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# Business / Venture Type (owned / licensed / JV) Years (approx.) Outcome Notes / source 1 Trump University (aka The Trump Entrepreneur Initiative) Owned / for-profit education venture 2005–2010 (lawsuits through 2016–2018) Shut down; legal settlement — Multiple civil suits and NY AG action; federal settlement ~$25M finalized 2018. ABC News; Time. ABC News+1 2 Trump Entertainment Resorts (Atlantic City casinos: Taj Mahal, Plaza, Marina, etc.) Owned (casino operator / public co.) 1995–2016 (company dissolved; properties closed/sold earlier) Multiple bankruptcies; properties closed/sold; Taj Mahal closed 2016; company defunct. Wikipedia (Trump Entertainment Resorts), reporting on closures. Wikipedia+1 3 Trump Shuttle / Trump Airlines (the shuttle service) Owned (air service JV/asset buy) 1989–1992 (merged/sold) Sold / merged into Shuttle, Inc. / ceased as Trump Shuttle Wikipedia / historical airline reporting. Wikipedia 4 Trump Mortgage (Trump Mortgage LLC) Owned (financial services) 2005–2007 Closed; failed operation; litigation/claims followed Independent, Bloomberg reporting on closure and lawsuits. The Independent+1 5 GoTrump.com (travel site) Owned (web travel portal) 2006–2007 Shut down (ceased operations) Wikipedia/Time reporting. Wikipedia+1 6 Trump Vodka Licensed brand (Drinks Americas) 2005–c.2011 (US distribution) Discontinued in US; effectively failed to gain distribution Wikipedia / multiple analyses of product failure. Wikipedia 7 Trump Steaks Licensed product (Sharper Image / QVC sales) 2007 (very short) Discontinued within months (poor sales) Wikipedia / reporting on Sharper Image discontinuing line. Wikipedia 8 Trump Magazine (print / luxury magazine) Owned/licensed (publishing) 2007–2009 (various relaunch attempts) Folded / ceased publication New York Post / Time reporting. New York Post+1 9 Trump: The Game (board game) Licensed consumer product 1989 (re-released 2004) Poor sales; discontinued; reissue underperformed Wikipedia / toy-industry reporting. Wikipedia 10 Trump Steakhouses / Restaurants (various branded venues) Licensing & owned locations 2007–2012 (various) Several locations closed; some faced violations; brand line discontinued Time / reporting on closures. TIME 11 Trump Ice (bottled water) Licensed product / distribution c.1995–c.2010 (wider distribution c.2003–2010) Distribution scaled back / product discontinued (brand largely retired) Wikipedia; Reuters fact check. Wikipedia+1 12 Trump Mortgage Insurance / other small finance offshoots Owned / affiliated mid-2000s Many closed or wound down during 2007–2008 period Time / Bloomberg summaries. TIME+1 13 Trump University / Trump Institute (related seminar brands) Owned / affiliated mid-2000s Sued; rebranded; operations ended; legal settlements American Progress / ABC / state AG reporting. Center for American Progress+1 14 Trump: licensing deals for fragrances, ties, apparel (various branded products sold by licensees) Licensing 1990s–2010s Many brand license lines were discontinued or scaled back; licensing revenue variable Washington Post (brand licensing overview). Wikipedia 15 Trump International Hotel & Tower projects (certain foreign/condo ventures that stalled or were restructured) Joint development / licensing 1990s–2010s Some projects stalled, restructured, sold or rebranded (not uniformly failures; many successful towers remain) Investigative summaries (NYT/Investopedia). Wikipedia+1 16 Trump Entertainment (various Atlantic City properties that bankrupted under company ownership) Owned 1990s–2016 Multiple Chapter 11 filings for the casino business (company emerged then later folded/sold) Wikipedia & news coverage of sequential bankruptcies. Wikipedia 17 Other short-lived product tie-ins (e.g., Trump Mortgage services, small food lines, novelty items) Licensed/partner 1990s–2010s Many quietly discontinued or sold; often limited commercial success
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